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Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

Name: Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction
Start: 2025-06-12T17:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-06-12T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Cullen Kilshaw Marquee

Celebrate this year’s stellar shortlist with readings and discussion from six outstanding authors at the forefront of historical fiction.

Thursday, 12 June 2025

5:00pm ‐ 6:00pm

Cullen Kilshaw Marquee
Harmony Garden and Orchard, St Mary's Road, Melrose, TD6 9LJ

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For fourteen years the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize has been a mainstay of the festival, bringing a touch of literary glitz and drama as the winner is revealed. Now managed by the home of great historical fiction, Abbotsford, the prize celebrates this year’s six shortlisted authors – Kevin Barry, Angharad Hampshire, Francesca Kay, Ferdia Lennon, Andrew Miller and Yael van der Wouden – in this opening gala. Expect exceptional fiction read aloud, and a celebration of storytelling, fine writing and originality. While you await the event, why not whet your literary tastebuds with a visit to Abbotsford, Walter Scott’s “romance in stone and mortar”, to see where it all started.